#99 - Time of the Magicians: A Dialogue with Wolfram Eilenberger

In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Wolfram Eilenberger about four German philosophers at the turn of the 20th century. They focus on the central theme of whether one can separate the ideas from the biography of a person. They talk about the embodied view vs. the pursuit of eternal truths. They discuss how institutional changes have impacted philosophy in the modern era. They mention the challenges of analytic philosophy and why the four philosophers in his book do not focus on morals/ethics. They talk about Heidegger's relationship with Hannah Arendt along with Heidegger's dark political preferences. They mention why Wittgenstein is seen as so great, the philosophy of soccer, and where the future of philosophy lies. Wolfram Eilenberger is a writer and philosopher. He is the founding editor of Philosophie Magazin and is the program director of phil.cologne and is moderator of the TV program Sternstunde Philosophie. He is the author of the book, Time of the magicians: Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, and Heidgger, and the Decade that Reinvented Philosophy. Additionally, he holds DFB football trainer's license and writes for the monthly football column, Eilenbergers Kabinenpredigt for the online German newspaper ZEIT ONLINE. You can find his work at his website. Twitter: @weilenberger Get full access to Converging Dialogues at convergingdialogues.substack.com/subscribe